Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

The alley next to Xinghai Tavern.

The rulers who returned from the real world layer to the cracks in the dream gathered in this narrow alley.

The walls in the alley are covered with notices, which seem to be reward notices for hunting evil spirits.

[Sure enough, these evil spirits are also part of the domination of the war. 】

While thinking, William glanced at the dilapidated notice and raised the corners of his mouth.

"Let me say, Brother William... Can't you just tell us if you have something to say? Don't try to whet our appetite, why don't you be quicker?"

Lin Yu leaned against the side of the alley, resting his forehead impatiently. Hearing that William lightly waved his index finger to light the cigarette, his smile deepened.

"I was thinking, since the Dream Thieves have already taken action, we can't fall into a disadvantage, right? In the future, they will definitely continue to look for opportunities to use the same means to carry out assassinations in reality. Instead of doing it like before It's better to passively see and dismantle tricks..."

William's sharp eyes had a bad smile, which made Lin Yu realize that William was serious, and it might even be his long-standing obsession.

"This time we will take the initiative."

Although William was serious, it was inevitable that the rulers present would fall silent.

William didn't care, and wasn't in a hurry. He squinted his eyes and looked around everyone, waiting for their response. But what he didn't expect was that the one who finally broke the silence was Arquette who was keen to disrupt the situation.

Arquette appeared behind him while clapping vigorously for him. The huge cloak behind him seemed to prop up his intimidating aura.

"Such a high-spirited speech, should I say, as expected of William?"

"Yo, Arquette?"

As if anticipating Arquette's appearance, William shrugged easily and turned around.

"You always come here at the right time."

"Mr. William, are you welcoming me, or are you looking for a chance to drive me away?"

After all, this kind of thing has never happened before.

"Of course you are welcome, my ally."

William raised the corner of his mouth, showing a little ruffian.

"Even if you didn't come, I will come to you personally this time... After all, the opponent this time is the camp with the largest number of people in this world."

"Although it's an interesting idea to 'take the initiative', but what's your plan?"

Arquette took a few steps forward while speaking. However, the girl who had been hiding behind Arquette's wide cloak had nowhere to hide, so she poked her head out, with a weird smile on her face, she popped up slowly and walked to Arquette's. around.

"Yo, so it's Miss Sakurako..."

Lin Yu was stunned for a moment, and responded to her strange appearance out of politeness.

"Well, there is no corpse buried under my feet~"

"I don't really understand your second dimension..."

Yingzi and Lin Yu were inexplicably able to chat, but they started to answer each other.

However, only Su Ruoyang looked at these two people, feeling a little lost in his heart.

"Well~ Having said that, although dealing with dream stealers is indeed at least 90 points interesting! But if you don't have a definite plan, just a feverish idea...or your plan is so bad that it is unbearable, we will not follow you Crazy~"

"Don't be so hasty to make a conclusion. Whether the plan meets your wishes or not can only be understood after hearing it."

William spit out a smoke ring when he heard the words, held the cigarette between two fingers, and pointed in the direction of the sky.

"However, it's inconvenient and unsafe to talk here. Shall we discuss it in another place?"

For Lin Yu and the others, even as his teammates, they didn't understand where William's confidence came from.

...

On the outermost circle of the No. 3 clock, a certain number of maids with guns were still gathered.

They keep walking in circles around the center of the clock as a guard.

This Dominator Clock has a dial that looks like glass, and the pointer sweeps below through the glass, so everyone can stand on it safely. It made William a little envious of their clock. After all, when it was their turn to clock number two, there was a risk of being swept away by the pointer at any time.

"Before explaining the plan, I want to ask you, do you know how to kill the ruler now?"

It was William who raised the question first.

Obviously he should explain his plan, but it turned into a situation where he asked others.

Lin Yu couldn't help raising his eyebrows, holding his arms around him a little uncomfortable.

On the other hand, Arquette didn't know whether William was trying to trick him into telling him the information William needed, or whether he was deliberately testing him.

I don't know what he thought, so Arquette simply didn't answer.

He looked at William with a smile, and threw the question to others in silence.

"Although I can't say that I completely understand, but I also realized what's going on in bits and pieces..."

In the end, the question was actually answered by Su Ruoyang.

【Um? Let's just listen to what he has to say. 】

William didn't expect that the person who answered him would be Su Luoyang, but he still turned his attention to him.

"These days, Kazuhiko Sato's death, Kaede Watanabe's withdrawal, mother's disappearance on the conscious level, and..."

Speaking of this, Su Ruoyang paused involuntarily.

He recalled his childhood, the memories of dominating the war, and the methods the Dream Thief used against him at that time.

After thinking about it for a while, he still didn't talk about the past and skipped related topics.

"In short, I think that only when the ruler no longer cares about the outcome of the domination war, no longer clings to it, and loses dependence on the dream world, will he "die"."

"The reason why Sato Kazuhiko, who was killed, could not wake up again, and the reason why Kaede Watanabe was able to withdraw from the domination war. The reason why the will of the mother who lost her obsession disappeared like the wind... This is all because of "killing" the domination The real method of the ruler is that the ruler loses the right to win, right?"

——What about Xia Yinci? What's the matter with her?

As soon as the words fell, a voice suddenly questioned him in Su Ruoyang's mind.

"Hey... I'm actually not as good as you guys. I have the right to return to this world after four hours..."

Why is this so?

He just didn't know the answer to that question.

"Barely speaking, you're right."

Although William reluctantly agreed with the meaning of his answer, his tone could not hide his satisfaction with this answer.

Lin Yu propped her chin thoughtfully, and muttered softly:

"So, even though this is a war of domination, the so-called 'killing other dominators' is actually just to make the other party lose the right to participate in the domination war. What we want is not the death of the other party, but our own victory. Isn't that right? "

In his view, most of the rulers who participated in the domination war did not have the will to kill others.

Of course, there are some people who just want to find an excuse to kill people.

"Yes. Losing the right to dominate the war may be due to its own reasons, for example, the ruler himself is unwilling to participate in the domination war and wants to quit the game; it may also be an external factor, such as being killed in the real world, such as losing control of dreams ability, and even the ability to dream.”

Fulfilling any of the conditions can cause the opponent to fail and thus win the victory.

"Then what is your plan?"

Arquette suddenly interrupted William, and his tone suddenly became a little hasty. He patted the table fiercely, leaned forward and asked William:

"Don't you want to find those dream stealers in the real world, fight back like they did, and kill them in reality?"

Lin Yu, who didn't expect Arquette to be so indignantly opposed, couldn't help shrinking back, but William looked at Arquette unmoved, still with a naughty smile on his face.

"Well, everyone calm down~"

Sakurako, who realized that the scene was going to be unstable, immediately intervened in their conversation.

"However, William, your plan goes beyond Arquette's principles... besides, whether you can find them in reality is also a question to be discussed?"

"Well, of course we can't go to them in person, but we have to wait for them to come to us. In this way, their behavior will pose a threat to you, and you have to do it if you want to protect yourself. I think, this way it won't Does it violate your principles?"

Arquette looked at William silently, with his hands on the table, almost turning around and leaving. However, William seemed to have predicted even Arquette's reaction at this moment, and the smile on his face did not diminish at all.

"Of course, this is not actually my plan. It is the contingency measure you just mentioned that I will list as a backup plan."

"Is this a backup plan?"

Yingzi didn't expect William to change the conversation, thinking that the discussion about the collapse of the meeting suddenly had a turning point, but she really didn't understand what the man in front of her was thinking.

"Yes. As for the real plan, it actually has something to do with the Dream Palace..."

"I do not understand."

"Let me ask this... In your opinion, what does the Dream Palace mean to the ruler?"

None of those present immediately answered William's question. After all, they are all too deeply involved with the Dream Palace.

"Making a dream palace." Su Huilin muttered softly with her head down, "It's the incarnation of what the ruler fears the most."

"I don't think it's all like this~" Elus held the staff and leaned her head on it, "Dream Palace does entrust our fear of the past, but the purpose is to make us face the past. The companions I can’t see will stay there forever, so there is hope for the future.”

Lin met William and looked at him, glanced at Su Ruoyang unhurriedly, and said:

"Don't look at me, I don't have a deep idea about this, you can ask Su Luoyang."

Su Ruoyang, who was attracted by the misfortune, was taken aback for a moment, and then took a deep breath.

"Ah... From my point of view, I think the Palace of Dreams is a place that can prove my existence."

"What you said is correct~ because the dream palace is a symbol that symbolizes the ruler's subconscious world~"

Xia Yinci tilted her head when she said this, Ruyue's raised eyebrows showed a strange smile.

"Oh~ I seem to already know what William your plan is."

William smiled back and exhaled a long stream of white mist.

"According to the previous information integration, the dream stealers like to gather in a certain stronghold between the dreams, and will not return to their respective dream worlds. Therefore, I think only the dream keepers guard their respective dream worlds, right? In other words, their Dream Palace is very weakly defended.”

"you mean……?"

"Since the dream robbers attack us when we are asleep, we can also go to their dream palace and steal their dominion."

The Dream Palace is the embodiment of the subconscious mind of the Dominator.

Therefore, whether it is stealing the dominance of the dream palace or destroying it, the dominator will lose the dominance of the dream.

Arquette suddenly understood what William meant, and finally showed a little smile again, and the enthusiasm that had been extinguished just now was suddenly revived.

"Is this... the intention you mentioned just now to make the ruler lose the right to participate in the domination war?"

Although the way William introduced this plan just now made Arquette want to withdraw for a while, but the almost contrast between before and after had a good positive effect on him.

It was rare for William to respond without ambiguity, but nodded frankly.

"Exactly. Since dream stealers want to 'steal dreams' and take advantage of sleepers, we might as well take similar measures to 'steal dreams'."

Lin Yu looked at William who was smiling confidently, and after a long time, he laughed helplessly, so he once again made complaints in his own style.

"I said, Brother William, are you planning to plan a 'War of Stealing Dreams'?"

"Inception War, isn't it? In a way, it is true."

Arquette also responded with a smile, pulled off the glove on his left hand, and held out his left hand to William.

"You mean, did you accept my plan?"

"if not?"

William stared at Arquette's hand stretched out to him, heaved a sigh of relief, smiled back and took the other's hand.

"However, although it has been decided that the general direction of action is to use the Dream Palace of the Dream Thieves, how do we specifically do it?"

"In order to launch our War of Stealing Dreams, we need world gates. Only rulers who have world gates can reach the dream worlds of other rulers."

Lin Yu, Su Ruoyang and Ai Lusi all trembled their shoulders when they heard the sound.

"Also, information about the Dream Stealer is also necessary. If you don't even have the minimum information, the World Gate will not be able to pinpoint the destination world."

"You mean, the key now is still to obtain information, don't you?"

However, the Dream Thieves Alliance contacted three or four teams of the Dominator Clock, and it would be too time-consuming to break through one by one. Arquette knew that William must have understood this, and he simply did not hide the doubt in his eyes.

"Dream stealers have always maintained a close connection. Rulers who are separated by the same number according to the rules unlock the dominance of the dream palace, and the dream worlds can be connected to each other, so their dream worlds also have multiple connection points. In this way From now on, as long as we can reach the dream world of one of the dream robbers and gain control... Theoretically, the positions of other dream worlds can also be easily resolved.”

"No, it's not that simple..."

Lin Yu interrupted William by raising his hand. He recalled what he had seen and heard in Xinghai Tavern before, and after deliberating for a long time, he continued to speak:

"The Alliance of Dream Stealers is not as harmonious as you think. In fact, there are many conflicts among them, and internal fighting often occurs. It is really surreal to take only one Dream Stealer and want to capture them all."

When he was in Xinghai Tavern before, the dream robbers had conflicts.

Generally speaking, the reason for the conflict is their status in the Dream Thieves Alliance.

"Of course I understand this, so we can't choose a target at will... Instead, we use their infighting and at the same time, we need to find an object that all Dream Thieves have to be connected with, and that will solve the problem existing problems."

Xia Yinci suddenly understood what William meant, and stretched out her index finger to gently wrap around her hair. The fighting spirit contained in William's words made her star pupils flicker.

"So that's how it is~ As expected of Uncle William!"

William turned his gaze to Xia Yinci, and then looked around at everyone. At some point, the cigarette in his mouth sparked a little flame, which suddenly spread upwards.

"The dream stealing target who meets the above conditions is only the dream stealing king... and it can only be the dream stealing king."

For the second time, William silenced the crowd present. It's just that amidst the silence this time, there was a strange excitement.

"Sometimes Brother William's speech is really unexpectedly crazy."

"However~ it is unrealistic to go directly to the dream world of the Dream Thief King~ At this stage, any dream thief is our target."

As soon as the words were finished, an unexpected voice came lightly, accompanied by the appearance of a beautiful figure.

"That's why everyone~ gathering information is very important~"

William looked at the black cat that entered through the entrance formed by the scattered maids, and smiled.

"It's a good time to come, Xiao Luoluo."

"As expected, Black Cat, you guys are going to gather information!"

Lin Yu looked at the black cat who was alone, and knew that Lu Lu and Xue Xueer were definitely acting with her. It seemed that William didn't seem to know about it. In this way, the plan he proposed today is by no means a whim.

"We went to see it~ The dream stealer's stronghold is gone, it should be moved to another place."

"After all, we have forced our way through once. If you still stay there, then there is a problem."

Lin Yu shrugged and agreed. William on the side asked directly:

"Have you investigated where their new stronghold is?"

"Nope~ But, as for dream stealers who meet the requirements, I have found a few."

"Having a goal is enough."

William nodded his head and looked at Lin Yu again.

"Lin Yu, I'll trouble you to notify the No. 8 clock."

Now Lin Yu is used to the status quo of being ordered by William, so she simply didn't argue with William, but turned to Su Huilin and said:

"Okay. But after this, there are some things that Su Erin needs to help with, so can you please go with me?"

Su Huilin didn't expect to have her own business here, she looked up at Lin Yu in confusion.

There was no reason to reject him.

"If my brother is going with you, let's go together."

Lin Yu couldn't help raising his eyebrows after hearing her response. This girl has been hiding it for so long, but she finally exposed her brother-controlling complex!

Seeing that Lin Yu turned his strange and meaningful eyes to her, Su Ruoyang took a step back in repulsion.

"Don't look at me like that, let me go... I just want to ask you something..."

Su Ruoyang casually expressed his thoughts, Lin Yu was stunned, wondering what this kid wanted to talk to him about.

Life talk about my overly fraternal sister?

"Then the three of you should go first. Let the ruler of clock number eight meet us at our clock."

William nodded to them, and he didn't care what happened between them.

After thinking about it, he reminded again:

"However, you must remember—if you are killed by someone else's Dream Keeper, you will never be able to be reborn...Once you do this, you will never have a dream again. Naturally, this is equivalent to withdrawing from the domination war."

"We understand."

"Hurry up...well, be careful all the way..."

This is what Xia Yinci said to Su Ruoyang.

Su Ruoyang thought that Xia Yinci would definitely follow, but she didn't expect that she was not prepared to go with him at all. Xia Yinci saw that Su Ruoyang didn't leave, but kept looking at herself, and hurriedly turned her pupils to the side to avoid his sight, her cheeks were slightly flushed, as if her eyes were saying: "Why don't you leave... How long are you going to see!"

Seeing Xia Yinci who has entered the arrogant mode, Su Ruoyang wanted to tease her, but his eyes passed over her cherry lips, and suddenly remembered the tenderness on his own lips, his cheeks were flushed and he hurriedly turned his eyes away and followed Lin Yu jumped off the clock dial.

"Then I'm going too, Xiaoyin."

"Well, see you~"

Su Huilin and Xia Yinci greeted each other before spreading her black wings and chasing after her.

Looking at the back of her brother swimming freely in the air for the first time, she couldn't help but curl her lips. Unexpectedly, his fear of heights disappeared, and he even felt that it was fun to accomplish something that could not be done in reality. Su Huilin laughed sincerely.

Even though I don't know if Su Ruoyang remembered all the things, even if things happened one after another, Su Ruoyang didn't have time to say anything to Su Huilin, but Su Huilin still felt that his brother was going in a good direction Change it.

Xia Yinci on the clock quietly looked into the distance, and it took a long time to turn her gaze back.

"About Dream Stealer, do you have three goals... Then Xia Yinci, you and Elusi will act together, as for Xiao Luoluo, you can go with Xue Xueer, Xiao Lulu and the others as usual... Arquette and Yingzi , you guys accompany me to notify Chart before we talk. Does everyone have any objections to this arrangement?"

William looked around as he spoke. Seeing that everyone agreed, he made a rough plan.